Running backs should dominate your fantasy draft

Welcome to the 2007 season, where L.T. is once again the unanimous No. 1 pick and his fellow running backs dominate the first round in any draft.

Paul Arco

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

The same can be said in fantasy football.

Welcome to the 2007 season, where L.T. again is unanimous No. 1 pick and his fellow running backs dominate the first round in any draft.

Familiar names will be called out – Johnson, Jackson, Parker, Gore — as your draft starts to heat up. During the second round, you might start to hear some relatively new names – Peterson, Lynch, Benson – but make no mistake: they all play running back.

Oh, sure, there will be the token quarterback (Peyton Manning) and a couple of wide receivers (Marvin Harrison and Chad Johnson) taken in the first 20 picks.

But once the run on backs starts, resist the urge to look at any other position.

After all, who wants to begin the season with injury-prone runners such as Travis Henry and Kevin Jones as their starting backs?

Paul Anthony Arco is a part-time reporter for the Rockford Register Star who covers fantasy football. E-mail questions or comments to PaulArco@aol.com.